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In reply to the discussion: Cycling Advocates Demand Md. Bishop Be Charged In Bicyclist’s Death [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)33. I have had numerous run ins with actual cars (4x) and insane
motorists (infinity and beyond.) The car incidents were all forgivable - we are frequently invisible, but wtf is wrong with the people driving the cars?
This summer I was waiting to make a left turn with everyone else on a two lane road, in the left lane (the right side of the left lane), just like all the other vehicles waiting to make the same turn, and some idiot in the right lane would not go past me to "turn right on red" (even though I was not in the right lane) and the person in the car next to me in the left lane started screaming at me to get out of the left lane. I was surrounded by lummoxes. IQ decreases by at least 20% while driving.
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Warren Stupidity
Dec 2014
OP
I hesitate to ask, but what exactly do you think your prayers are going to do?
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2014
#3
Lift them up in prayer. Pray for the repose of the soul of the victim and strenght for the living.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#4
Oh well actually it might hurt, if the person being prayed for knows about it.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2014
#58
Yep, catharsis for the person doing it. You can tell because they make damn sure to tell everyone
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#63
Sounds a lot like that privilege we are told does not exist here, doesn't it?
Act_of_Reparation
Dec 2014
#59
Fair enough. But back to the original question of 'why', it could discourage people fleeing the
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2015
#82
I hope that the bishop receives a fair trial, and if convicted, is sentenced appropriately...
trotsky
Dec 2014
#9
And no, I'm not going to take your bait and follow you into your fucking echo chamber.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#16
You had two alternatives to retreating to a protected echo chamber within which you could ban
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#42
You either don't know or don't care how this sort of sentiment can be received by other people.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#51
Her gender, race, and social status will spin the odds in her favor regardless.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#12
It takes a special kind of scum to not stop when a body caves in your windshield.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2014
#61
This asshole didn't return to the scene to take responsibility. She returned to the scene because
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#64
I've listened to first hand witnesses, including the cyclists that chased her down.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#67
Did you see the big fucking person-sized indentation in the car windshield?
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2014
#72
.27 Blood Alcohol level. Middle of the afternoon on a Saturday, behind the wheel.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2015
#75
I don't know why but the texting pisses me off more than the drinking.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2015
#95
The article says Saturday afternoon. And yes, anything we say is a guess.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2015
#101
Initially this was reported as a consideration during the vetting process that was considered
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2015
#90